My suggestions for what a Power PC laptop released 2016 should have regarding wi-fi:
Bare minimum:
802.11n 2.4 GHz (including b/g)
Nice to have:
802.11n 2.4 GHz + 5 GHz (including a/b/g)
Very nice to have:
802.11ac (including a/b/g/n 2.4 + 5 GHz)
Quote from: duga on July 12, 2015, 11:39:56 AM
Very nice to have:
802.11ac (including a/b/g/n 2.4 + 5 GHz)
+1
My vote for first version is only:
802.11a/b/g/n 2.4 GHz
5 GHz is not taking over market as it should so for next version you have space or something for upgrade.
Quote from: nemesis on July 15, 2015, 03:17:37 PM
Quote from: duga on July 12, 2015, 11:39:56 AM
Very nice to have:
802.11ac (including a/b/g/n 2.4 + 5 GHz)
+1
+1
Something like that:
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/wireless-products/dual-band-wireless-ac-7265.html
~20â,¬
It also uses the M.2 slot
Quote from: duga on July 12, 2015, 11:39:56 AM
Very nice to have:
802.11ac (including a/b/g/n 2.4 + 5 GHz)
+1
You shouldn't be thinking hardware, but software!
Which supplier has a driver for Linux/BSD, preferably GPL source code. You'll find that there are very few. IIRC, there is just one...
In this case, a mini-PCI wifi card could be a good idea.
Could you name one?
Not really. I'm trying to remember from reading about it on several Linux dev lists, but I can't. The problem is various Wifi chip makers have been bought by the big guys. And I didn't really follow that.
It shouldn't be too hard to find out as there are only three or four manufacturers remaining...
About the AC 7265, maybe it is a possible candidate?
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/network-and-i-o/wireless-networking/000005511.html
If you can buy those in smaller quantities, as a startup, it is definitely a candidate.
Intel is a hairy company to deal with, however. I fear that they might be deaf for your calls because there's no Intel processor in this machine.
Broadcom has had a driver for the brcm80211 in the Linux kernel since 2010, and I think the source is open.
There's an overview on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open-source_wireless_drivers
I don't know if it is current...
Yes. There I found "iwlwifi" that supports almost all "802.11" modes.